Protective device

ABSTRACT

A method for reducing the contact and/or transfer of contaminants, pathogens and other unwanted materials between a person&#39;s body areas comprising skin, hair and body openings, and/or underwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, and preferentially trying-on-clothes, e.g. in a clothes shop, when putting on or taking off such trying-on-clothes, which may risk to come into contact with such body areas or underwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, especially when trying on such trying-on-clothes, which comprises protecting such body areas or such underwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, by mounting a protective device comprising a layer of flexible protective material/materials over at least a part of such body areas or underwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, before or in connection with pulling on and/or taking off such clothes.

This invention is related to a method for reducing the contact andtransfer of unwanted material and potential pathogens between a person'sbody areas comprising body openings, and/or e.g. underwear, jewellery,other devices localized over or within such areas, and clothes and/orbody covers, when wearing, putting on or taking off “trying on clothes”e.g. in a clothes shop, and or other clothes and/or body covers/devices.

Such reduction of contact is according to the invention achieved bycoating such body areas with a flexible protective layer, at leastduring the putting on and/or taking off respectively of such clothes.The body areas in question are especially the head, particularly theface, and the lower part of the trunk, the bottoms area comprising thebottoms body openings.

Embodiments Related to the Head.

When trying on clothes, being pulled on and off over the head route andthereby contacting the head area, particularly the face, such clotheshere defined as “upper garments”. Exemplified by upper garments providedwith an opening which when putting on or taking off the upper garment ispassed tight to the head, it may, especially with upper garments havingtight openings, be difficult or impossible to avoid contact between theupper garment and the head. This may cause that e.g. dirt, hair, bodyfluids, especially from the mouth, the nose and the eyes, and cosmeticsare transferred from the person trying on the upper garment to the uppergarment itself or from the upper garment, previously contaminated withe.g. cosmetics to the head of the person trying on said upper garment,i.e. contaminants from a person who previously tried on the uppergarment in question. Common contaminants could be cosmetics/make-up orvarious residues from the body including all sorts of pathogens, e.g.viruses, fungi, bacteriae and prionae, e.g. from saliva, as well as fromhair and from other body constituents. These contacts may causeunaesthetical and other unwanted effects on the upper garment and alsobe a potential health risk.

This invention is in one embodiment related to new methods and means forpreventing and minimizing such effects by preventing and minimizingcontact between a persons head and a upper garment when putting on ortaking off upper garments with an opening which is passed over the head,and especially the face. This is achieved by protecting the head, andespecially the face, with a, preferably thin, protective layer (sheet)of a flexible material prior to putting on and/or taking off the uppergarment.

According to a preferred embodiment the protective layer is shaped as ahood with an opening which can be passed over the person's head.

The size of the protective layer is preferably selected so that it canbe passed over and held to a person's head, especially the head of anadult or child of normal size.

The protective layer may be provided with means which are active againstmicrorganisms and other pathogens, such as e.g. bacteriae and/orviruses, e.g. by being impregnated or coated with such substances orother substances contributing to the beneficial use of the invention.

The protective layer is preferably air permeable and/or transparentand/or translucent. The protective layer material may be porous, e.g. bewoven, laid down as a fibre web, e.g. with paper-making technology,fibre-cloth, non-woven, or similar materials. The material may be waterrepellent (hydrophobous) and/or oil repellent, e.g. due to thecharacteristics of the layer material or due to coatings orimpregnations applied to the layer. The layer material may have anaverage or maximum pore size of at most 1o mm, at most 1 mm, at most 0.1mm at most 0.01 mm or below. The thickness of the layer material may bee.g. at most 10 mm, at most 1 mm, at most 0.1 mm, at most 0.01 mm, atmost 0.001 mm, at most 0.0001 mm or less.

The protective layer may comprise areas with higher transparency and/orair permeability than the surrounding areas, which is suited to bearranged in front of the eyes and/or air ways of the wearer resp.

The protective layer may be smooth or partly or completely of non-smoothshape, e.g. wave-like or creased shape, with waves or pleats extending,preferably in parallel, in one direction or as crossing groups in two ormore directions, i.e. like a net, or as alternating depressed andelevated areas, which contribute to an increase of the apparentthickness of the protective layer and contribute to a reduction of thecontact between the protective layer and the face and/or the tried-onupper garment and/or prevent a restriction of the inflow of air atinhalation.

The protective layer used for protecting head areas, especially the faceor parts thereof, is preferably shaped as a hood (this expressioncomprises also devices shaped as a pouch or bag) with optionally acontracted, elastic extensible (stretchable) partly or totallycircumferential part at the opening of the hood. Preferably theprotective layer is shaped as a hood of such depth and circumferentialsize that the hood can be arranged covering the head or parts thereof,especially the face or parts thereof, optionally with an elastic partextending from around the neck, below the chin, preferentially at thelevel of the thyreoid cartilage or lower. The protective layer mayextend from the chin and reach up over and cover only the mouth, or themouyth and the nose or the mouth, nose and eyes, or reach up to andpreferably behind the top of the skull, e.g. at least 1 cm and at most 5or at most 10 cm behind the top of the skull, and/or cover the main partof the cheeks, e.g. extending to close in front of the ears or behindthe ears, eg. To at least 1 cm or at most 5 cm behind the ears, Theprotective device may be provided with at least one or more holdingmeans, such as strips, especially elastic strips, e,g, rubber bands,with which the protective device can be held against and covering atleast a part of the face or parts thereof, e.g. such as mentioned above,with said hoding means extending behind, and together with the rest ofthe device, encircling the head and hoding the device aganst the head,especially the face or part thereof, Such an embodiment of the deviceaccording to the invention may have a shape similar to a mask (mothmask) e.g. such as used by surgeons and especially covering the mouth orthe mouth and the nose, preferably from below the chin.

The size and shape of the hood is suitably large enough to give amplespace for the hair and the nose and cheek of the wearer, preferablywithout exerting any stress on the nose and the cheek. Potentially a setof different sizes will be available.

In a fully extended condition, especially when having a shape silmilarto a surgeon's hood, the circumference part of the opening suitably hasa length of at least 60 cm, more preferably at least 70 or at least 80cm or at least 100 cm, and in an elastically contracted conditionsuitably a length of the circumference part of at most 5 cm, at most 10cm, at most 20 cm, at most 30 cm, at most 40 cm, at most 50 cm, at most60 cm or at most 70 cm. The difference in length of the circumferencebetween the fully extended condition and the fully elastic contractedcondition may suitably bee at least 5 cm, at least 15 cm, at least 25 cmor at least 50 cm. These values are preferably measured at a stress onthe layer material which gives at most 1% extension in one direction inthe layer material in relation to a condition without stress on thematerial. The depth of the hood when the circumference is extended to anessentially fully extended condition or essentially circular shape orextended to the shape of a straight line and with the centre of thebottom of the hood subjected to a stress which gives at most 1%extension of the layer material in one direction, measured as thedistance from the plane of the fully extended circumference or thecentre of the straight line to the centre of the bottom of the hood maysuitably be at least 2 cm, at least 5 cm or at least 10 cm andpreferably at most 20 cm, at most 15 cm, at most 10 cm or at most 5 cm.

The enclosed figures show embodiments of the protective layer device,e.g. hood or mask, according to the invention used for protecting thehead, especially the face or parts thereof.

FIG. 1 shows a head in profile with a protective layer 1 with an elasticconstricting circumferential part 2 arranged thereon.

FIG. 2 shows a front view of a head with a protective layer comprisingan area 4 at the eyes and air ways, with better transparency(see-through and breath through abilities) than adjacent areas.

FIG. 3 shows with the profile of a person a side view of a protectivelayer device 1 having the shape of a hood and arranged with an elastidcircumferential part 2 extending from below the chin to behind the topof the skull, holding the device against and covering the face of theperson.

FIG. 4 shows the protective layer device 1 arranged as in FIG. 3 andseen in a direction perpendicular thereto and with a transparent part 4covering the area in front of the eyest.

FIG. 5 shows a side view of a protective layer 1 which is held with thecircumference part 2 held together as a straight line and withe thecentre point 3 displaced as far as possible under the conditions definedabove a distance s2 from said straight line.

FIG. 6 shows the protective layer 1 arranged as in FIG. 5 and seen in adirection perpendicular to the side view according to FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 shows a side wiew or a protective layer 1 which is held with theelastic contracted circumference part 2 held together as a straight lineand withe the centre point 3 displaced as far as possible a distance s2from said straight line.

FIG. 8 shows the protective layer 1 arranged as in FIG. 7 and seen in adirection perpendicular to the side wiew according to FIG. 7.

Further Embodiments for Protecting the Upper Part of the Body,Especially the Head (“FeizOn”)

When “being out shopping” and especially when putting on or taking offclothes via the upper body route, particularly with upper garmentshaving tight openings, certain parts of the upper garment may inevitablybe in contact with the neck and head, e.g. including face, hair jewelryand/or other worn devices of said area.

Thereby transmitting contaminants from one person to the upper garmentand/or from the previous tried on upper garment, transmittingcontaminants to the next person trying it on etc. Common contaminantscould be make-up/cosmetics or various residues from the body includingpathogens like viruses and bacteriae, as well as hair and other bodyconstituents.

An upper garment discolored by e.g. mascara as well as an upper garmente.g. containing flue virus contaminated saliva, are both unwanted and ofno benefit to any part.

This invention describes a “Dual Effect Method” to prevent and minimizesuch transmission. The invention thus describes a device that whenpulling on and/or when pulling off an upper garment covers and protectsthe contact between an upper garment and the head/face of the person.The device could optionally include one or more holding mechanisms. Theholding function of the device could also be a consequence of thevarious ingoing hood materials and its respective orientation. Theoptional holding mechanisms could be at multi levels as well as runningin various directions. The holding mechanism or mechanisms are intendedto increase the functionality of the device.

This device could optionally and preferentially be hood like. A hoodthat the person puts over his/her head (and face) before pulling onand/or before pulling off an upper body garment.

All components of this device and especially the sheet-/cover-part ofthe device, which usually is the major constituent of the device, shouldsuitably be made of comfortable, soft and for the bearer of the deviceas well as for the upper garments themselves, non harmful materials,respectively.

The device is preferentially thought to be for single use and to be of adisposable character. Thereby being non expensive and easy to make,being easy for its handling and its disposal and preferentially made ofcomponents that only to a minimal degree contribute to waste and topollution problematics.

The device is suitably made of materials that at least in part aresemi-permeable, allowing a high degree of see-through and/orbreath-trough, all being comfortable to wear and thus having a dualprotection function.

The porosity of the device materials should still minimize transfer ofcontaminants from outer surface to inner surface and vice versa. Thedevice should also to a reasonable degree prevent the penetration ofe.g. saliva.

The sheet and head/face cover could optionally be made of several layersand with layers having different physical and biologicalcharacteristics, e.g. being anti-septic, being hydrophobic, having anappreciative smell, decorative color and optionally also carry aninformation and/or message, e.g. health- educational-,political-information, an advertisement or a signal regarding acommercial product or products, and/or possibly having a smell, e.g. ofa certain perfume brand or of other commercial interest it is anadvertisement for and optionally also having other, for the invention,beneficial characteristics and functions.

The device's material type or types and the characteristics of theingoing materials, like e.g. porosity, thickness, surfacecharacteristics (e.g. being creased (thereby decreasing the contactsurface, “increase” of air let through, etc), being flat, being smooth),and the material's see-through, breathe-trough, could all vary withindifferent parts of the device. An example of such material could befound in the head covers that e.g. surgeons wear.

The preferred variant of described device thus shares thecharacteristics of a hood. The opening of the hood optionally has somekind of closing mechanism, e.g. a rubber band that is sewn into theopening in a circumferential fashion, the hood is optionally “augmented”with, an optionally elastic, holding part or parts, lengthwise,optionally running in various directions or that the ingoing componentsand orientation of the hood material or materials, by it self orthemselves has or have a sufficient holding function

The shape of the hood may be like a bag or pouch with the openingoptionally being equipped with a holding and/or closing mechanism, e.g.a rubber band, or through other holding mechanisms, e.g. partly ortotally being sticky, being electrostatic; all used mechanismscontributing to the hold and functioning. When the hood is worn over thehead (and face), the holding and or closing mechanism or mechanismsis/are thereby suitably resulting in a partial or total, but notuncomfortable circumferential closure and/or hold preferentiallyincluding and around the person's neck, below the chin level,preferentially at the level of the thyroid cartilage.

The color, smell, size and shape of the hood could vary, howeveroptionally should the size and shape fit most grown ups head sizesincluding the hair volumes. The size should thereby not be too tight,allowing the person's face and hair not to become overly squeezed. Thesize of the hood should thereby be suitable and having its protectivedual function, also for someone having a “big” head/hair size as well asfor someone having a small head size, e.g. a child. Different hoods maythereby also contain different information and also be part of a raffle,where the winning wearer, e.g. wins clothes or other form of prizes. Araffle or a similar kind of activity is also expected to stimulate theuse of the invention as well as its other e.g. advertisements purposes.

The individual or the winning raffle marking could optionally beconstructed and/or handled in a way that it is exposed and visualizedonly after the device have been used according to said invention.

A raffle or a similar kind of activity is also expected to stimulate theuse of the invention and its e.g. advertisements/information/goal.

Examples of Embodiments for Protecting of the Head and Upper Part of theBody. (“FeizOn”)

1. A method and a device to minimize the direct contact between aperson's head/face and an upper garment during the process of pulling onand/or pulling off said upper garment, characterized by a protectivesheet formed device that is partly or totally mounted on or over thepersons head/face before the pulling on, pulling off, respectively, ofsaid upper garment, and also having a dual protective effect for boththe upper garment and person using the device and also having a nonharming effect for both the upper garment and person using the device.

2. A device according to embodiment 1, where the device should have adual protective effect and minimizing the contact between an uppergarment and persons head/face, using said device according to the saidinvention.

3. A device according to embodiment 1 or 2, that could have thecharacteristics of being a hood that totally or in part could be pulledover and partially or totally cover a person's head/face.

4. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, that atleast in part is see through (transparent) and that at least in part isbreathe through (air permeable).

5. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments that couldinclude closing and/or holding mechanisms, improving the device'sprotective functioning.

6. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, whichsize/sizes and shape/shape, will fit and function easy and comfortablyon most grown ups as well as smaller head/face sizes.

7. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments thatcomfortably covers the whole head and face, without causing to muchsqueeze of neither the hair nor other parts of the head and that it'scovering reaches below the chin, e.g. the level for the thyroidcartilage or lower.

8. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where theholding mechanism is elastic and preferably comfortable.

9. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where thehold of the device could act through other mechanisms, e.g. partly ortotally being sticky Velcro band principle etc, being electrostatic,e.g. and that the mechanisms suitably are functional, easy andcomfortable to use.

10. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe main holding mechanism is positioned at the open side of the hood.

11. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe main holding mechanism is partly or totally circumferential and runsperpendicular around the opening of said hood.

12. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe holding mechanism could be at multiple levels, could be componentswithin the hood material/s, could be non-circumferential and alsopossibly having multiple directions.

13. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe device has anti-septic and/or absorbing effects.

14. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe device carries educational-, health- and/or political-information orof commercial nature like advertisements, logotypes and/or signals andpatterns.

15. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, wherethe device has a smell of e.g. the perfume brand or other commercialinterest it is an advertisement for.

16. Described protected device could also be used when a user wantsabove described or other protection, against the contact of clothes orother worn devices/equipment, e.g. working clothes, working helmets,masks and other protective devices etc.

Further embodiments of the invention are the following;

A method 1 for reducing the contact and/or transfer of contaminants,pathogens and other unwanted materials between a person's body areascomprising skin, hair and body openings, and/or underwear, jewelryand/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, andpreferentially trying-on-clothes, e.g. in a clothes shop, when puttingon or taking off such trying-on-clothes, which may risk to come intocontact with such body areas or underwear, jewelry and/or other devicesworn and localized within said areas, especially when trying on suchtrying-on-clothes, which comprises protecting such body areas or suchunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, by mounting a protective device comprising a layer of flexibleprotective material/materials over at least a part of such body areas orunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, before or in connection with pulling on and/or taking off suchclothes.

A method 2 according to method 1 for protecting the head and an uppergarment during the process of pulling on and/or taking off said uppergarment, which comprises protecting the person's head by mounting aprotective device comprising a layer of flexible protective materialover at least a part of the head before the pulling on and/or taking offof the upper garment.

A method 3 according to method 1 or 2 wherein at least a part of theprotective device is shaped as a hood with an opening which can bepulled over the person's face to cover at least a mayor part of the faceagainst direct contact with the upper garment.

A method 4 according to any of methods 1, 2 or 3 wherein the protectivematerial within at least a part of the device is air permeable to permitbreath through and/or translucent or transparent to permit see throughand is made completely or partly from a single-layer material or amultilayer material, optionally being creased or pleated, especially ina region covering the mouth and/or the nose.

A method 5 according to any of the preceding methods 1,2,3 and/or 4wherein the device comprises closing and/or holding means for improvingholding of the device on the person's body, especially the head or lowerpart of the trunk.

A method 6 according to method 5 above wherein the closing and/orholding means comprise elastic means, sticky means, Velcro principlemeans and/or electrostatic means, especially elastic means positioned atthe opening of a hood-shaped device, preferably extendingcircumferentially around the entire or part of the opening of thehood-shaped device.

A method 7 according to any of the preceding methods 1-6 above whereinthe device comprises anti-septic and/or absorbing material, e.g. as animpregnation or a coating.

A method 8 according to any of the preceding methods 1-7 above whereinthe device reaches from at least the level of the thyroid cartilage orlower up to at least the level of the ears or higher, especially to thetop of the head, optionally not covering the eyes.

A method 9 according to any of the preceding methods 1-8 above whereinthe device carries information, such as advertisements, logotypes,patterns, signals and/or trade marks.

A method 10 according to any of the preceding methods 1-9 above whereinthe device carries a smell, such as a perfume or other commercialinterests, especially such for which the device carries information,especially advertisement.

A device 1 suited for carrying out one or more of the preceding methods1-10 above comprising a layer of thin flexible protectivematerial/materials shaped as a hood with an opening which can be pulledover a person's face to cover at least a mayor part of the face againstdirect contact with an upper garment or other protection, against thecontact of clothes or other worn devices/equipment, e.g. workingclothes, working helmets, masks and other protective devices, or shapedas pants or briefs for protecting the lower part of the trunk and/orunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, when pulling on or taking off lower garments or other protection,against the contact of clothes or other worn devices/equipment, e.g.working clothes, working and/or sports and other protective devices.

A device 2 according to device 1 above wherein the protective materialwithin at least a part of the device is air permeable to permit breaththrough and/or translucent or transparent to permit see through and ismade completely or partly from a single-layer material or a multilayermaterial, optionally being creased or pleated, especially in a regioncovering the mouth and/or the nose.

The use of one or more of the methods 1-10 above or device 1 and/or 2 ora device suited for carrying out one or more of Methods 1-10, aboveespecially for holding available for users, free of charge or forlending or for sale, commercially or non-commercially, in connectionwith the trying on of clothes, especially for customers when trying onsuch clothes and when holding such clothes available for sale.

The use of one or more of the methods 1-10 above where various ordifferent devices may contain various or different information and alsocould be part in a raffle, where the winning wearer, e.g. wins clothesor other form of prizes and where the individual or the winning rafflemarking could optionally be constructed and/or handled in a way that itis exposed and visualized only after the device have been used accordingto said invention.

Protection of the Lower Part of the Trunk (“ButtzOn”)

When “being out shopping” and trying on clothes for or clothes coming incontact with the bottom parts, like under wear or swim wear, there couldbe concerns of an intimate hygiene nature. These kinds of clothes arehere defined as “lower garments”.

There is an obvious risk of transmitting contaminants from one person toa lower garment and/or an earlier contaminated lower garment to betransmitting contaminants to the next person trying it on etc.Contaminants can include different sorts of pathogens andmicroorganisms, e.g. viruses, bacteriae, fungi and prionae, as well ashair and other body constituents. A lower garment discoloured orcontaminated in any other ways, is both unwanted and of no benefit toany part.

This invention comprises a “Dual Effect Method” to prevent and minimizetransmission of unwanted contaminants between lower garments and aperson trying on said lower garments and vice versa.

All components of this device and especially the sheet/cover part of thedevice, which may constitute the major part of the device, should bemade of comfortable, soft and for the bearer of the device as well asfor the lower garments themselves, non harmful materials, respectively.

The device is preferentially intended for single use and to be of adisposable character. Thereby being non expensive and easy to make,being easy for its handling and its disposal and preferentially made ofcomponents that only to a minimal degree contribute to waste and topollution problematics.

The lightness and simplicity of the device materials should stillminimize transfer of contaminants from outer surface to inner surfaceand vice versa. The device should also to a reasonable degree preventthe penetration of e.g. body fluids.

The sheet/cover layer could optionally be made of several layers andwith layers optionally having different physical and biologicalcharacteristics, e.g. being anti-septic, being hydrophobic, having anappreciative smell, decorative colour and optionally also carry aninformation, a message and/or signal, e.g. an advertisement, and/orhaving a smell, e.g. of a perfume brand or other commercial interest itis an advertisement for and optionally also having other, for theinvention, beneficial characteristics and functions. The device couldalso be marked in a way that it could take part in a raffle, where thewinning wearer, e.g. wins clothes or other form of prizes. A raffle or asimilar kind of activity is also expected to stimulate the use of theinvention as well as its other e.g advertisements, purposes.

The individual or the winning raffle marking could optionally beconstructed and/or handled in a way that it is exposed and visualizedonly after the device have been used according to said invention.

The device's material type and types and the characteristics of theingoing materials, like e.g. porosity, thickness, surfacecharacteristics (e.g. being creased (thereby decreasing the contactsurface, “increase” of air etc), being flat, being smooth), could allvary within different parts of the device, and could suitably have thecharacteristics mentioned for the embodiments suited for use on thehead.

Examples of such material could be found in the head covers that e.g.surgeons wear or from the disposable operation theatre dressings widelyused, e.g. of non-woven materials.

The preferred variant of described device thus e.g. shares thecharacteristics of or has the shape of reasonably large bottomunderwear, like knickers, briefs, diapers, tie pants, etc., thatpartially or totally covers the users bottom and bottom anatomicalorifices and where the waist part or other part, optionally has somekind of holding mechanism, e.g. a rubber band that is sewn in a partialor total circumferential fashion, or that the ingoing components andorientation of the ingoing material or materials, by it self orthemselves has or have a sufficient holding function, or through othermechanisms, e.g. partly or totally being sticky, being electrostatic;all used mechanisms contributing to the up hold and fitting of saiddevice.

The colour, smell, size and shape of the device should fit most usersand the size and shape could thereby vary or be in a “one size fits all”fashion. The device could thereby optionally be in various sizes andshapes and having different colours and smells and having differentinformation.

Examples of Embodiments for Protecting the Lower Part of the Trunk

1. A method and a device, while trying on lower garments, to minimizethe direct contact, between a person' s bottom parts and bottomanatomical orifices and/or the person's under wear, jewelry and/or otherdevices worn and localized within said area, and the tried on lowergarment, and thereby also having a dual protective effect for both lowergarments and person/person's under wear, jewelry and/or other devicesworn and localized within said area, using the device and suitably alsohaving a non harming effect for both lower garments and person/person'sunder wear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidarea, using the device.

2. A device according to embodiment 1, where the device may have a dualprotective effect and minimizing the contact between lower garments anda person/person's under wear, jewelry and/or other devices worn andlocalized within said area, using said device according to theinvention.

3. A device according to embodiments 1 and 2, being “under wear like”and which when worn according to the invention, partially or totallycovers that person's bottom and bottom anatomical orifices and/or thatperson's under wear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localizedwithin said area.

4. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, whichsize will fit and function easy and comfortably on most users.

5. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where theholding mechanism is elastic and suitably comfortable.

6. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where theholding mechanism could be elastic or through other mechanisms, e.g.partly or totally being sticky, through Velcro band principle, beingelectrostatic, could be at multiple levels, could be components withinthe material/s, from which the device is made, could benon-circumferential and also possibly having multiple directions; andthat the mechanisms suitably are functional, easy and comfortable touse.

7. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where thedevice has anti-septic effects.

8. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where thedevice has written or other information, especially of advertisementtype, that can be recognized by the wearer and/or onlookers.

9. A device according to one or more of the above embodiments, where thedevice has information of commercial nature like written advertisements,smell, logotypes or signals and patterns.

10. Different devices may thereby also contain different information andalso be part in a raffle, where the winning wearer, e.g. wins clothes orother form of prizes. A raffle or a similar kind of activity is alsoexpected to stimulate the use of the invention as well as its other e.g.advertisements purposes.

The individual or the winning raffle marking could optionally beconstructed and/or handled in a way that it is exposed and visualizedonly after the device have been used according to said invention.

A raffle or a similar kind of activity is also expected to stimulate theuse of the invention and it's e.g. advertisements/information/goal.

11. Described protected device could also be used when a user wantsabove described or other protection, against the contact of clothes orother worn devices/equipment, e.g. working clothes, working and/orsports and other protective devices etc

The invention also comprises the use or holding available or offering ofthe method and device defined above and in the Claims or a device suitedfor carrying out said method, free of charge or for lending out or forsale, commercially or non-commercially, especially in connection withthe trying on of upper and lower garments, especially for customers whentrying on such clothes when holding such clothes available for sale.

The material or materials used for the protective layer (mono-layer ormulti-layers) in the device according to the invention may consist ofe.g. plastics, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, or similarplastics, e.g. thermoplastics, cellulose-based materials, etc., e.g. asa tight or porous layer (foil, sheet, etc.) of a massive material, alaid-down fibrous material, etc.

The invention also comprises a device according to the description aboveor the claims or a package of or a stand or storing device for sauch adevice, provided with instructions, in wrtings and/or pictures, aboutthe use of said device in accordance with the invention, as disclosed inthe dexcription above or in accordance with the claims, or holding saiddevice and said instructions available together to users within the sameshop or room, e.g. at a mutual distance of at most 10, at motst 5 or atmost 1 metre, especially för persons intending to try-on clothes asmentioned above.

1. A method for reducing the contact and/or transfer of contaminants,pathogens and other unwanted materials between a person's body areascomprising skin, hair and body openings, and/or underwear, jewelryand/or other devices worn and localized within said areas, andpreferentially trying-on-clothes, e.g. in a clothes shop, when puttingon or taking off such trying-on-clothes, which may risk to come intocontact with such body areas or underwear, jewelry and/or other devicesworn and localized within said areas, especially when trying on suchtrying-on-clothes, which comprises protecting such body areas or suchunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, by mounting a protective device comprising a layer of flexibleprotective material/materials over at least a part of such body areas orunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, before or in connection with pulling on and/or taking off suchclothes.
 2. A method according to claim 1 for protecting at least theface part of the head and an upper garment during the process of pullingon and/or taking off said upper garment, which comprises protecting theperson's head by mounting a protective device comprising a layer offlexible protective material over at least a part of the head before thepulling on and/or taking off of the upper garment.
 3. A method accordingto claim 2 wherein at least a part of the protective device is shaped asa hood with an opening which can be pulled over the person's face tocover at least a mayor part of the face against direct contact with theupper garment.
 4. A method according to claims 2 wherein the protectivematerial within at least a part of the device is air permeable to permitbreath through and/or translucent or transparent to permit see throughand is made completely or partly from a single-layer material or amultilayer material, optionally being creased or pleated, especially ina region covering the mouth and/or the nose.
 5. A method according toclaim 2 wherein the device comprises closing and/or holding means forimproving holding of the device on the person's body, especially thehead or lower part of the trunk.
 6. A method according to claim 5wherein the closing and/or holding means comprise elastic means, stickymeans, Velcro principle means and/or electrostatic means, especiallyelastic means positioned at the opening of a hood-shaped device,preferably extending circumferentially around the entire or part of theopening of the hood-shaped device.
 7. A method according to claim 2wherein the device comprises anti-septic and/or absorbing material, e.g.as an impregnation or a coating.
 8. A method according to claim 2wherein the device reaches from at least the level of the thyroidcartilage or lower up to at least the level of the ears or higher,especially to the top of the head, optionally not covering the eyes. 9.A method according to claim 2 wherein the device carries information,such as advertisements, logotypes, patterns, signals and/or trade marks.10. A method according to claim 2 wherein the device carries a smell,such as a perfume or other commercial interests, especially such forwhich the device carries information, especially advertisement.
 11. Adevice, especially suited for carrying out the method according to thisinvention, comprising a layer of thin flexible protectivematerial/materials shaped as a hood with an opening which can be pulledover a person's face to cover at least a mayor part of the face againstdirect contact with an upper garment or other protection, against thecontact of clothes or other worn devices/equipment, e.g. workingclothes, working helmets, masks and other protective devices, or shapedas pants or briefs for protecting the lower part of the trunk and/orunderwear, jewelry and/or other devices worn and localized within saidareas, when pulling on or taking off lower garments or other protection,against the contact of clothes or other worn devices/equipment, e.g.working clothes, working and/or sports and other protective devices. 12.A device according to claim 11 wherein the protective material within atleast a part of the device is air permeable to permit breath throughand/or translucent or transparent to permit see through and is madecompletely or partly from a single-layer material or a multilayermaterial, optionally being creased or pleated, especially in a regioncovering the mouth and/or the nose.
 13. The use of the method or deviceaccording to the invention, especially for holding available for users,free of charge or for lending or for sale, commercially ornon-commercially, in connection with the trying on of clothes,especially for customers when trying on such clothes and when holdingsuch clothes available for sale.
 14. The use according to claim 13wherein various or different devices may contain various or differentinformation and also could be part in a raffle, where the winningwearer, e.g. wins clothes or other form of prizes and where theindividual or the winning raffle marking could optionally be constructedand/or handled in a way that it is exposed and visualized only after thedevice have been used according to said invention.